Sign support



June 26, 1923.

C. D. VEST SIGN SUPPORT Original Filed March 28, 1922 ATTORNEY Patented June 26, 1923..

UNITED STATES CLARENCE DALE VEST, OF STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

SIGN SUPPORT.

Application filed March 28, 1922, Serial No. 547,598. Renewed may 15, 1928.

To all w'hom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Omnnncn DALE Vns'r, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sign Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in street signs and particularly to that type of sign which is commonly used upon the street or sidewalk in front of buildings.

The principal object of thisinvention is to construct a sign which may be placed upon a sidewalk or any convenient location,

and one which will have a tilting and rocking movement imparted to a portion thereof by the action of the elements thereon. for instance the wind, which movement will at tract the eye of the passerby.

Another object of this invention is to produce a device of the character described which will have the maximum movement without the possibility of becoming overturned. 7

Another object of this invention is to produce a sign of this kind which will be simple 7 to construct, ornamental and readily adapted to any line of business, strong, durable and highly serviceable as an advertising medium.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of my device as a whole, I

Fig. 2 is a cross section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section takenon the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 4 is a modified form ofreenforcing.

It is a well known fact that a sign that has a slight movement will attract the eye of a person where a stationary sign would be passed without observing. It is to produce a sign which will be acted upon as by wind which will cause movement and thereby will be attractive.

In the accompanying drawin wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodimentof m invention, the

numeral 5 designates a met ic base portion a chamber 9 is formed therein.

havm a tapered surface and provided with a be 6. A plate 7 is secured within the base 5 and is adapted to contact the interior of the base at a point slightly below the bead 6. This base 5 is filled with concrete or other solid substance as shown at 8, and

At 11 I have shown a bowl shaped member having a splder 12 secured therein. This spider is adapted to centrally position a tubular shaped member 13 which member is adapted to maintain roller bearings 14 and 16. The bearing 14 being a thrust bearing and adapted to contact a plate 17 mounted upon a shaft 18. This shaft 18 has a raceway 19 which raceway is adapted to contact the roller bearing 16. The interior of the bowl 11 is likewise filled with concrete or other heavy substance 20 and it will be noted that this bowl has a contour constructed on a greater are than its sides thereby producing a portion which contacts with a plate 7 on a much finer curvature than the other portions of the bowl. A lug 21 extends through an opening 22 in the plate 7 and is adapted to have suspended therefrom as by links 23 a counter weight 24. Mounted upon the upper portion of the shaft 18 are sign display wings 26. 27 and 28. These wings may be in conventional shape, their purpose being to maintain advertising information. Referring to Figure 4 it will be noted that the entire spider is made of concrete. This modified form can be used in localities wherethey have little or no breeze so that a very slight breeze would cause movement owing to the much more sensitive balance.

Assuming that the plates are assembled as shown in Figures 1 and 3 a breeze will cause the bowl to rock upon the plate 7 and if the breeze is strong enough the side of the bowl 11 will contact the bead 6. At the same time the counter weight 4 will be moved upwardly and will at all times have a tendency to return the bowl and its associated parts to their normal positions. The ball bearings will at the same time allow the wings 26 and 27 to revolve thereby bringing other signs into view.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be re- 110 i claim sorted to without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I

In a device of the character described, the combination of a base, a late mounted on said base, a filler mounte and adapted to add weight thereto, a bead in formed upon the upper edge of said base, a

within said base bowl adapted to rock on said plate and to contact said head, a shaft rotatably secured to said bowl, display means carried on said shaft, said display means consisting of flat wing-like surfaces adapted to be contacted 15 si ature. 

